Topic: Upcoming review schedule plus your suggestions

[metaldams]

Back to Bud and Lou every other week in November.  Doing some B type films in October, I thought a long overdue A is needed for balance.

Week of 11/13 City Lights (1931) - Charlie Chaplin
Week of 11/27 Mabel’s Dramatic Career (1913) - Normand/Sennett/Sterling/Arbuckle

[HomokHarcos]

Had a very rough week, wasn't in the mood to watch anything. I feel better now, though!

[metaldams]

Slight change of plans.  I will not be reviewing THE GORILLA this weekend.  I have an out of state wedding to go to on Saturday and frankly don’t feel like spending what little free time I have watching and reviewing an hour feature that is not all that great. 

I will be commenting on Paul’s Langdon short tomorrow and on Sunday, I will be reviewing something a little off the beaten path.  This will not be the direction the reviews will be taking, but just something a little different to keep things fresh.  You’ll see what it is on Sunday and I think you guys will be amused.

As for the November schedule, I’m totally fine with that.  Looking forward to getting back into Bud and Lou and a CITY LIGHTS and early Keystone review is long overdue.

[metaldams]

I will no longer be doing reviews weekly, though most weeks there’ll still be reviews.  I just don’t want to be on a fixed schedule anymore and with work, friends and visiting family, I just sometimes need more free alone time and having one less thing scheduled in my life. 

That said, that Keystone short should be reviewed tomorrow as I’m really looking forward to it and I have an inspiration to do a certain one reel early sound comedy in the near future.  Bud and Lou will also continue but at a more leisurely pace.  Basically, the reviews will be whenever the spirit moves me.  Some weeks no reviews, some weeks one, the occasional week two or more reviews.

[HomokHarcos]

I haven't checked to see where we left us, but I was going to go through Wheeler and Woolsey, however, I think I might do it ocassionally instead of following a weekly schedule like before.

[metaldams]

I haven't checked to see where we left us, but I was going to go through Wheeler and Woolsey, however, I think I might do it ocassionally instead of following a weekly schedule like before.

Take your time.  After reviewing films for ten years, I’ve been taking a break too.  I will be diving back in soon, the old comedy bug is slowly coming back.  I should hopefully come back fresher.

I have all the Wheeler and Woolsey films, so I’ll pitch in when I’m up to it.

[HomokHarcos]

Take your time.  After reviewing films for ten years, I’ve been taking a break too.  I will be diving back in soon, the old comedy bug is slowly coming back.  I should hopefully come back fresher.

I have all the Wheeler and Woolsey films, so I’ll pitch in when I’m up to it.

I’ve been reading about Wheeler and Woolsey, and they were the 2nd biggest moneymaker comedy team during the early 1930s, behind only Laurel and Hardy and ahead of the Marx Brothers (though the Marx Brothers films were higher budget, which may have played a role in that).

[Paul Pain]

It's going to take a lot to convince me that there aren't snitches monitoring this forum.  The account that posted all of those fantastic Columbia shorts already got terminated, and with it terminated today's review of A NAG IN THE BAG.

[metaldams]

It's going to take a lot to convince me that there aren't snitches monitoring this forum.  The account that posted all of those fantastic Columbia shorts already got terminated, and with it terminated today's review of A NAG IN THE BAG.

That sucks.  It is very possible someone at Sony is looking at this board and noticing Columbia shorts getting posted. 

Silent comedy shorts are actually a safer bet.  As of now, everything up to and including 1927 is public domain and starting January 1, 1928 will also be public domain.  The public domain expires each year going a year ahead so the early thirties should be easier in a few years time.

[HomokHarcos]

I'm going to be aiming for a Wheeler and Woolsey film per month to review, and of course at some point I have to watch Zenobia, as I've never seen it before.

[PeteHale]

Since this is classic comedy, can old theatrical cartoons be reviewed?

[NoahYoung]

It's going to take a lot to convince me that there aren't snitches monitoring this forum.  The account that posted all of those fantastic Columbia shorts already got terminated, and with it terminated today's review of A NAG IN THE BAG.

Late last year, Google purged accounts that hadn't been logged into in awhile. For youtube, this means videos were deleted when the user accounts were deleted. That's too bad, since a lot of videos would have been deleted because of this.

[NoahYoung]

I'm going to be aiming for a Wheeler and Woolsey film per month to review, and of course at some point I have to watch Zenobia, as I've never seen it before.

I've seen ZENOBIA maybe twice, and I'll be darned if I can remember even one scene. If you watch it, it's an hour and a half of ur life that u can never get back! It's neither better nor worse than GENERAL SPANKY.

I've only seen a handful of Wheeler and Woolsey films -- probably 5 or less. COCKEYED CAVALIERS is pretty good. HIP HIPS HOORAY isn't bad. Both have Thelma Todd. Woohoo!

I caught MUMMY'S BOYS once on TCM -- it stunk!

Wheeler and Woolsey are an acquired taste that many people have never acquired!

I'd like to see a few more, but some good ones. Awhile ago I googled to see what other people considered "good" ones, but I never followed up and watched any of them.

[ChrisBungoStudios]

I've seen ZENOBIA maybe twice, and I'll be darned if I can remember even one scene. If you watch it, it's an hour and a half of ur life that u can never get back! It's neither better nor worse than GENERAL SPANKY.

I've only seen a handful of Wheeler and Woolsey films -- probably 5 or less. COCKEYED CAVALIERS is pretty good. HIP HIPS HOORAY isn't bad. Both have Thelma Todd. Woohoo!

I caught MUMMY'S BOYS once on TCM -- it stunk!

Wheeler and Woolsey are an acquired taste that many people have never acquired!

I'd like to see a few more, but some good ones. Awhile ago I googled to see what other people considered "good" ones, but I never followed up and watched any of them.

What I remember most about ZENOBIA is Philip Hurlic's wonderful performance.

Question for anyone who knows - those that don't know need not answer! :-)   How do you create a new topic in this particular forum?

[ChrisBungoStudios]

I still can't figure out how to post a new topic on this board so....

Here's my new quick preview video of the Culver City and Los Angeles filming locations used in the obscure 1930 Nat Carr comedy short "Traffic Tangle." There's a TON of filming locations covered in this short, so I'll post two previews from my video documentary. This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 will be posted next week.

[NoahYoung]

I still can't figure out how to post a new topic on this board so....

Some areas of the overall forum allow anyone to create a new topic. Others, metaldams needs to make you a mod for the sub-forum to create a new topic.

What's confusing is the button you thought you saw to create a new topic suddenly isn't there, because where you saw it was a sub-forum where you had permission to create a topic -- if that makes sense. I pulled my hair out at first swearing to myself that the button used to be there, and maybe I was looking in the wrong place. Or I was going crazy. Or both.
 

[ChrisBungoStudios]

Some areas of the overall forum allow anyone to create a new topic. Others, metaldams needs to make you a mod for the sub-forum to create a new topic.

What's confusing is the button you thought you saw to create a new topic suddenly isn't there, because where you saw it was a sub-forum where you had permission to create a topic -- if that makes sense. I pulled my hair out at first swearing to myself that the button used to be there, and maybe I was looking in the wrong place. Or I was going crazy. Or both.
 

It's confusing, for sure! But overall, the forum works well.

[NoahYoung]

It's confusing, for sure! But overall, the forum works well.

Yup, and it is home gown. Software written by the owner of the site! I'm a retired IT guy myself.

[ChrisBungoStudios]

Yup, and it is home gown. Software written by the owner of the site! I'm a retired IT guy myself.

Impressive. I too used to write software... then I had others do that for me (I started my own company). And... as of January 1, 2025 at 12:00am I will be officially retired. 

[NoahYoung]

Impressive. I too used to write software... then I had others do that for me (I started my own company). And... as of January 1, 2025 at 12:00am I will be officially retired. 

One of the worst decisions I ever made was to stop being a programmer and move into managing programmers. But the decision would have been to refuse promotions and more money!

Not to brag, but I can count on one hand the # of peers or people who reported to me who could code as well as I could. Very frustrating!

[ChrisBungoStudios]

One of the worst decisions I ever made was to stop being a programmer and move into managing programmers. But the decision would have been to refuse promotions and more money!

Not to brag, but I can count on one hand the # of peers or people who reported to me who could code as well as I could. Very frustrating!

For me - owning the company - I sought out people who were BETTER programmers than me. :-)

[NoahYoung]

For me - owning the company - I sought out people who were BETTER programmers than me. :-)

I just found it difficult to find competent programmers. My bosses would get impatient when I was hiring because it took weeks or even months to find someone to pass my basic C and SQL exam -- and believe you me it wasn't a difficult test. Headhunters would argue with me that my exam was too hard, but I told them that the "code" the interviewees were writing to answer the questions wasn't even valid C code! lol

I had colleagues who knew all the tricks in C to write confusing code, and could answer any trick question you threw at them, but getting them to write large amounts of code that actually worked was another thing entirely. There was a long stretch where to get any job as a C programmer you had to know how to decipher cryptic code, which is nonsense since code in any language should be written clearly so it is easier to debug and for others to understand.

I failed my share of C exams at interviews since the questions were ridiculous. A headhunter once told me I was a "wannabe C programmer" yet I had been using it on the job for years. And I found out from both sides that that was the root of the problem -- programmers who interview well are not always the ones who can actually produce on the job. One of the best programmers I ever had working for me interviewed terribly but I hired her anyway. I never regretted it.

[ChrisBungoStudios]

I just found it difficult to find competent programmers. My bosses would get impatient when I was hiring because it took weeks or even months to find someone to pass my basic C and SQL exam -- and believe you me it wasn't a difficult test. Headhunters would argue with me that my exam was too hard, but I told them that the "code" the interviewees were writing to answer the questions wasn't even valid C code! lol

I had colleagues who knew all the tricks in C to write confusing code, and could answer any trick question you threw at them, but getting them to write large amounts of code that actually worked was another thing entirely. There was a long stretch where to get any job as a C programmer you had to know how to decipher cryptic code, which is nonsense since code in any language should be written clearly so it is easier to debug and for others to understand.

I failed my share of C exams at interviews since the questions were ridiculous. A headhunter once told me I was a "wannabe C programmer" yet I had been using it on the job for years. And I found out from both sides that that was the root of the problem -- programmers who interview well are not always the ones who can actually produce on the job. One of the best programmers I ever had working for me interviewed terribly but I hired her anyway. I never regretted it.

It became harder and harder to find "onshore" developers who were qualified so... for our last major project which we started in 2019, we went with offshore developers. A lot less expensive and, well, by then it was the only way you could get competent developers.

[NoahYoung]

It became harder and harder to find "onshore" developers who were qualified so... for our last major project which we started in 2019, we went with offshore developers. A lot less expensive and, well, by then it was the only way you could get competent developers.

Because you didn't call me.